In a first-of-its-kind report recently published by the University of Minnesota, researchers have turned their attention to ...

The prion disease that causes deer, elk and other cervids to waste away could someday jump to humans, but many hunters are ...

SCIENTISTS have warned ‘zombie deer disease’, fatal to every animal it infects, has potential to spread to humans. Medically ...

News of a chronic wasting disease case in Mecosta County came just days after Minnesota researchers said CWD could eventually pose a risk to other wildlife, livestock and potentially humans.

A buck harvested in Mecosta County has been identified with chronic wasting disease, the Michigan Department of Natural ...

Dr Michael Osterholm, based at the University of Minnesota in the US, has issued a warning to foodies following a new ...

Western blot testing confirmed the presence of CWD prions in the brain, lymph nodes, and nerves in reindeer, but only in the ...

This week the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota released a report titled ...

Chronic wasting disease was detected for the first time on the Flathead Reservation. Tribal officials are now sampling deer ...

Scientists express concern over the possibility of the deadly and incurable 'zombie deer' disease affecting humans. The ...

A deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Mecosta County, according to the Michigan Department of Natural ...

Similar to diseases like mad cow, which did spill over to humans, CWD is caused by infectious proteins, which can change over time. Given CWD’s increasing prevalence in deer and the increasing ...